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SPOILED
Spring 2020: Our play SPOILED is heading to La Mama in NYC! Over 5 years ago, I originally conceived of the idea of a theatrical work exploring violence against women around the world, but told from the male perspective. My research and personal experiences told me...
Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) 2019
Delighted to be able to attend CSW in New York this year. Our UN Women-USA board convened a panel on Providing Social Services and Protection to Women and Girls in Conflict Zones and hosted an evening reception for fellow national committees. And at Dining For Women’s...
Through Women’s Eyes International Film Festival (TWE) 2019
The 20th Anniversary of TWE featured films from France, Tunisia, Canada, Hong Kong, Iceland, and all over the USA, showcasing an incredible array of themes, including: River-rafting, with a purpose, in South Africa Tackling gender biases in Papua New Guinea with the...
St Petersburg World Affairs Conference
February 12-15, 2019. Speaking on the role of the United Nations Today and Education in Africa at the St. Petersburg Conference on World Affairs.
March 8 – International Women’s Day Celebration
The Power of Voice Through Books (Public Speaking, Gender, Blog, tags for Women)– Zora Neale Hurston Our local UN Women Chapter has been celebrating women’s voices in film at the TWE film festival for the past 20 years - but what about books? The power of women’s...
Panic Buttons, Technology, and Women in India
Can a ‘panic button’ on a phone really help deter violence in India? Last April India’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad, announced the government’s order that by 2018 all phones include a panic button and GPS. And this...
Speaking: St Pete Conference on World Affairs
I'm looking forward to speaking on three panels at the St Petersburg Conference on World Affairs February 12-15. I'll be covering some of my favorite topics: Education in Africa (Sub-Sahara Africa Panel on Thursday), the UN (especially the place of UN Women on...
#MeToo 2019 – Bookstore1
Professor Philip Wagner, Julie Jennings, Chris Serio Martin, E. Scott Osborne Crystal ball, anyone? Where is #MeToo going in 2019? Its already morphed considerably from its 2006 foundations (thanks, Tarana Burke,) but what's next? Bookstore1 hosted our GulfCoast...
Speaking at St Pete World Affairs Conference
February 12 - 15, 2019, the St Petersburg World Affairs Conference will be back! I'll be speaking on the role of UN - watch here for more details and schedule.
India – Girls of Holy Family Update
July 2018 This is Namita who studied with me all the time I was in India. She eventually went out on her own and is now working in a call center in Gurgaon. We got together when I was back in July. She has grown to be a delightful young woman. Sister Suja (right) was...
The Holstee Manifesto…
